#4A998F#4A998F

#4A998F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.080 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A998F
RGB	rgb(74, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -26.79, -2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 26.88, 184.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0793 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.08 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1711, 26.2198, 30.0319)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A998F #994A54

analogous

#4A9968 #4A998F #4A7C99

triadic

#4A998F #8F4A99 #998F4A

tetradic

#4A998F #684A99 #994A54 #7C994A

square

#4A998F #684A99 #994A54 #7C994A

split-complementary

#4A998F #994A7C #99684A

monochromatic

#224742 #367068 #4A998F #6AB7AD #93CBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4A998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#4A998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A998F

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A998F	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92928F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.080 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7af',
    500: '#4a998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a998f;
$custom-light: #83b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.405,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63017,
    "c": 0.07951,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A998F

secondary

#B7888E

accent

#5D6BCB

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A998F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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